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The deceased has been identified as Ganesh Poojary (37) from Soraba. He was on his way to the parental home of his wife at Kannadakudru when tragedy struck.
The auto rickshaw driver suffered serious injuries and has been admitted to a nearby hospital.
It has been reported that Ganesh had arrived at the town in a bus from Soraba and got down at Shastri Circle. He had hired an auto rickshaw to go to Kannadakudru. At about 2 am, he informed his wife that he would be home in five minutes. Just then, a lorry hit his auto rickshaw in front of Anugraha Hotel at Hemmady.